Transparency International, the Berlin based organisation, has released its annual computation of corruption across the world. Finland and New Zealand came in equal first, the United Kingdom came in 12th, and the United States was 20th, just two places above Chile.
India has “improved” its position. It is ranked 72nd among the 180 nations computed by Transparency International, against 70th among 163 nations last year. Accordingly, India’s integrity index has marginally improved to 3.5 in 2007 from 3.3 a year ago on a scale of 10 points.
India’s shares its rank with China, Mexico, Morocco and Peru. Pakistan is way down at 138, but it is higher than Russia.
A strong correlation between corruption and poverty continues to be evident. Forty percent of those scoring below three, indicating that corruption is perceived as rampant, are classified by the World Bank as low income countries.
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Is India really getting less corrupt as a nation as the survey suggests? Do you pay fewer bribes today to get done than you did last year? Has liberalisation, which ostensibly removed the licence-quota-permit raj, made lubricating hands less necessary? Or is corruption in our lives in less perceptible ways?
churumuri 
The only reason corruption has gone down in india is because people have accepted that it’s a part of the culture.
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The correlation between corruption and poverty is ironic. It is in fact a vicious cycle. In poor countries, people have to resort to bribes even for basic things (a birth certificate, a gas connection, admission to a school or college etc.).
The “higher” rank this year may be the result of a skewed data sample. And if one was to take a more cynical view, perhaps we bribed our way to the higher rank! (no offence meant to anyone here- including those that conducted the study).
Interestingly, 3 of the so-called “BRIC economies” that are supposedly on track to become the next economic superpowers in the next 20 years or so are all ranked identically (72nd) when it comes to corruption. Russia is the worst of the lot, coming in at 143 out of 180 countries ranked in the study.
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Sonia Gandhi has bribed Transparency International.
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If we want from heart we can control to corruption by our honesty. Know that honesty is a part of our culture not corruption.
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the above article shows that `Corruption can be monitored ` then why can not take action Globally to clean the earth .
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To eradicate corruption the following has to be done: 1. Remove the transfering powers of ministers. they are legislative people. they should not interfere in the executive’s work.
reg- Madhu Koda he earned 1800 crores. It is our money. the taxes you and I paid. Is it for this that we pay such high taxes? he shared it with other ministers, otherwise how he became the chief minister.
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Indian corruption runs vertically cutting across the entire society. Both politicians and civil service, the two centers that wield power, are plagued by corruption. Indian is never going make any headway in eradication of corruption unless the extravagance of political parties including election expenses are sponsored by private unknown persons. These sponsors are bent upon making good their investment through obtaining unfair favors. No government can do justice to public, even if they want to, when their hands are tied up by those who raised them to power. Unless election expenses of candidates are met by government, we are never going to get a corruption free governance !
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corruption is a vicious circle that begins from our govt and spreads into whole of the nation and the result is that even after 60 years of independence india is still a developing country
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Corruption is not coming down instead the cases registered are coming down. Beacause everyone is get habbit of it. If one suffers then he kept silence and one who cause of suffer always ready to do it again….
Can we change it….
If YES…
START to act accordingly.
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corruption is one of the biggest curse in india.so it should come down,i don’t think its come down,its happened in silence manner.everywhere its not registered when its happen.if the people involved in it one who should repent their sin.
we have been pray for that.
God only can do it!
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